Gears
So I beat Gears of War today. As usual, it didn't quite live up to the hype. It was still a good game, with interesting game-play mechanics, but not the "revolutionary" experience it was billed as. My biggest gripe is that from one level to another there is essentially no difference. Every level is just another arrangement of random objects to get cover behind; not exactly mind-blowing. I also didn't like how although other weapons are introduced, there is no need to move to a more powerful primary weapon beyond your standard machine gun. A little weapon variety was a great feature of the various shooters I like a lot (Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Mafia). The story of Gears was also much less fleshed out than I anticipated. Story isn't exactly critical for a shooter, but it seemed like Gears storyline was almost like the 10 hour outline of a very interesting 20 hour story.
The real benefit of beating Gears is that it now frees me to play Zelda on the Wii, which I have been looking forward to for quite a while.
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Posted by: Jeff Swan
Posted on: March 2, 2007 03:45 AM
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